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The Lawyer – 25 May 2009 West End firm Mishcon de Reya has hired Finers Stephens Innocent (FSI) partner Simon Hunter to head its construction team. The newly created position will see Hunter head a team of three partners. At FSI, Hunter led the construction practice for three years. He specialises in contentious and non-contentious issues and will form part of Mishcons’ prominent real estate group, which also involves a litigation element. Bruckhaus Deringer. Hunter is succeeded at FSI by Mads Ekanayake, who joined the firm from Freshfields. Mishcons was one of ¬several to make cuts in its real estate practice in the third quarter of last year. In September the firm announced a consultation with fee-earners in its 25-strong property team.